A lakeside Wanaka scrub fire that was shooting "huge, big fireballs" into the sky has now been contained.

Plummeting numbers of drivers caught speeding in the South Island have coincided with the deadliest year on southern roads in a decade.

Closing the Cadbury factory will hit Dunedin hard, but what does it say about the health of NZ manufacturing?

A Queenstown consortium has bought historic steam train.

Four Otago students were seriously assaulted by non-students.

A top-level meeting to discuss the Cadbury factory closure ended with reporters being ejected and the workers' union leaving early citing legal concerns.

Australian businessman gets diversion after crashing his $20m supercar near Queenstown.

A Taieri Mouth man has described coming across the man alleged to be responsible for the bloodied attack.

A Chinese tourist has pleaded guilty to careless driving which caused a traumatic brain injury to a Canadian cyclist.

The end of a three-year affair with a Dunedin businessman allegedly led an Auckland woman to harass her former lover's wife.

Mystery surrounds the American buyer of a high country station on the shore of Lake Hawea.

Mystery surrounds death of Kiwi woman living in Sydney found with slashed wrists next to a note saying 'he did it'.

The stereotype of the couch-burning student is becoming a thing of the past as University of Otago's tough stance on fire-lighting pays dividends.

Hollywood leading ladies Reese Witherspoon is lapping up the luxury of Queenstown, and taking to social media to brag about her idyllic Kiwi trip.

Crews have managed to contain a big blaze at high country farm Otematata Station in North Otago.

The crash occurred near Glenavy in South Canterbury.

New Zealand is getting a lot of love from visiting celebrities, with Oprah Winfrey the latest to share stunning photos of our country.

Daily and weekly doses effective, but not monthly.

Tropical downpours are drenching the north of the North Island as thunderstorms loom over Northland, Auckland and Waikato.

Two kayakers have been rescued after a scary encounter with sea lions left them trapped on the rocks.

Most workers declined to comment after being told not to speak to media, but a few made their feelings known after the 10am meeting.

The owner of the Cadbury factory in Dunedin has announced a proposal to end operations in 2018, with 350 people facing redundancies.

Bernard Gendron remains in an induced coma in Dunedin Hospital, but his family, who have arrived from Canada, have seen encouraging signs.

A Cromwell man has been jailed 15 months for the death of his friend who fell from a quad bike last September.

Inexperience and errors in judgement caused the death of 12-year-old Jack Martin after a boating accident on the Blue Lake at St Bathans

Police are calling for witnesses to a vicious assault at Dunedin International Airport early last Friday morning.

Spending 48 hours in a scenic town with a head cold isn't so bad, Susan Strongman reports.

A campervan driver will appear in court next week accused of causing a severe brain injury to a Canadian tourist.

Police are investigating the ''moronic'' actions of a person who tied fishing line at head height across a Queenstown track.

New Zealand is now experiencing the worst of the fire season, a top officer says, with a dangerous combination of high temperatures and low relative humidity creating tinder-dry conditions across eastern hot-spots.